Arauca River

The Arauca River rises in the Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and Venezuela. The major city on its banks is , Colombia and , Venezuela.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river between Colombia and Venezuela
  • Also known as: Río Arauca

Arauca River

Latitude
7.4° or 7° 24′ north
Longitude
-66.58528° or 66° 35′ 7″ west
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
67VMCC27+2V
Geo­Names ID
3649022
Wiki­data ID
Q1059928
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Satellite Map

Discover Arauca River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Arauca River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Arauca
  • Basque: Arauca
  • Belarusian: Араўка
  • Bulgarian: Араука (река)
  • Bulgarian: Араука
  • Catalan: Arauca
  • Catalan: Riu Arauca
  • Cebuano: Río Arauca
  • Chinese: 阿劳卡河
  • Chinese: 阿勞卡河
  • Croatian: Arauca
  • Czech: Arauca
  • Dutch: Arauca River
  • French: río Arauca
  • French: Río Arauca
  • Galician: río Arauca
  • Georgian: არაუკა
  • German: Arauca
  • German: Rio Arauca
  • German: Río Arauca
  • Hungarian: Arauca
  • Irish: Abhainn Arauca
  • Italian: Arauca
  • Korean: 아라우카강
  • Lithuanian: Arauka
  • Mingrelian: არაუკა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arauca
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Arauca
  • Norwegian: Arauca
  • Persian: رود آرائوکا
  • Polish: Arauca
  • Portuguese: Rio Arauca
  • Russian: Араука
  • Serbo-Croatian: Arauca
  • South Azerbaijani: آراوکا چایی
  • Spanish: Arauca
  • Spanish: Rio Arauca
  • Spanish: río Arauca
  • Spanish: Río Arauca
  • Ukrainian: Араука
  • Uzbek: Arauka
  • Welsh: Afon Arauca

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Arauca River”. Photo: Dansar, CC BY 2.5.